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2006 Colorado Avalanche Preview

2006 Colorado Avalanche Preview from Maddux Sports. With the
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2006 Colorado Avalanche Hockey Season Preview

The team made it into the second round of the playoffs and then
lost to Anaheim. This year, after losing the essential D-man Rob
Blake and offensive force Alex Tanguay to other teams, Colorado
will have a tough time qualifying for the post-season.

The defense, which tied for 14th last season, has taken the biggest
hit with Blake’s departure. Blake’s a great two-way
player who led the team in ice time (24:22 per game). John-Michael
Liles (14 G, 35 A, 49 Pts) is the best of the bunch. Jordan Leopold
(2 G, 18 A, 20 Pts), taken in the Tanguay trade, is a young talent
whose goal scoring potential did not come to fruition in Calgary.
Will he step up in Colorado?

Jose Theodore (43 GP, 18 W, 18 L, 6 OT, 3.41 GAA, .882 SP) is
the man in net and that does not bode well for this club. Age
has not been kind to him. Backup Peter Budaj (34 GP, 14 W, 10
L, 6 OT, 2.86 GAA, .900 SP) had a decent rookie season, but it’s
tough to tell if he has what it takes to make it as a first stringer.
This is one of the scariest net minding situations in the league.

It’s difficult to imagine this team winning enough to squeak
into the post-season. On a slow and steady decline since its 2001
Stanley Cup win, they may have sunk too low to continue to tread
water.

2006 Hockey Team Previews

We have compiled previews for all 30 hockey teams. Listed below are individual division
previews with predicted order of finish. You can click on the divisional
previews and find links to each NHL hockey team containing an outlook
for this years 2006 hockey season.

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